the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Ecclesiastes 5:1-20
Vv. 1 and 2 remind us of what is suitable in God’s presence. Let us see to it that our behaviour and our dress in meetings are respectful and modest. The fear of God must characterize the believer all the time and we have no right to relax this attitude under the pretext that today we are not under law but under grace.
From v. 10 onwards, it is once again a matter of riches. "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver." The miser is like someone who tries to quench his thirst by drinking sea water. The more he drinks, the thirstier he becomes. Such is the deceitfulness of riches (Matthew 13:22). People think they are making use of money but in reality they are its slave. One of two things happens: either the riches will be kept by their owners to their spiritual hurt (v. 13) or the riches vanish with no profit to anyone (v. 14; James 5:3). Sooner or later, in the end death will separate us from them (v. 15). It has been said that a shroud has no pockets. The treasures stored away in ancient tombs have not followed their owners into the next life.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 gives the Christian some excellent guidance on the subject of riches.
